Category: Opinions

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, some of Nigeria’s top billionaires made significant contributions in the fight against COVID-19. Aliko Dangote donated N2bn while Mike Adenuga donated N3bn. Femi Otedola, Folorunsho Alakija, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia and Oba Otudeko donated N1bn each. The CEOs of Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank gave N1bn each. This is not the first time… Read More

Quite unlike the richest woman in Africa, Isabel Dos Santos, who was at the centre of ‘Luanda Leaks’, now facing fraud charges in Angola with her playboy husband, Sindika Dokolo, Hanan Buhari, our President’s daughter, is not into big business exploiting the presidential advantages of her father. She is not a billionaire as the Angolan cupidinous Jezebel. Hanan is just… Read More

The corrupt practices of Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) have been brought to light. In a series of articles over the last few weeks, Sahara Reporters revealed several incidents of the chief lawmaker’s plunder of public funds and attempts to cover up by lodging these illegitimately acquired monies under false names. Based on this exposé “Concerned Nigerians”, an NGO, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to have Mr Obasa arrested and prosecuted.… Read More

Away from the ravages of COVID-19 and the dispiriting news of multiple infections and rising deaths, the interview granted last week by Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to the Punch newspaper made an interesting reading. In the interview, Amaechi revealed a lot about himself, the nature of Nigerian politics, the vicissitudes of Nigerian politics and the landmines-filled terrain that politicians walked.… Read More

It is now almost four months since the police arrested Nigerian atheist, Mubarak Bala, following a petition that he insulted the prophet of Islam. The police have, in the quest to appease the petitioners and the Islamist base, held Mr.l Bala incommunicado, without access to lawyers and family members. The police have yet to charge him in court. And in… Read More

‘No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its power of acting and reasoning as fear” –Edmund Burke It’s a time for hostage. Each one, its game! For COVID, It’s game of death. For those bare handedly but brutally fighting COVID, it’s  game of grafts. Hunger and anger for the poor and vulnerable locked in to give way for COVID to pass! COVID is… Read More

The local government system was created in order to be a vehicle through which people at the grassroots will feel the impact of government. In other words, it was primarily to bring government closer to the people. But for a very long time, this purpose has not been realised due to the fact that most state governors, if not all,… Read More

The topic of domestic violence against men is one which is largely unspoken, especially in Nigeria. In most cases of domestic abuse, our first instinct is to assume that a man is the perpetrator, while the woman is the victim. Even though this could be true, as is the case in many instances, the issue of violence against men is more rampant than we know.  Domestic violence otherwise known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse,… Read More

‘They must be stopped! This cannot be!’ Shorty’s bearded face is a mix of fear and rage.  ‘We must stop them!’ ‘Stop who? Stop what? ‘Lanky queries, wincing underneath the heavy decibels pumping from the earpiece. ‘Haven’t you heard?  Well, it is privileged information still.  The Group revealed me this morning…’ ‘My friend, calm down and talk sense. The Group,… Read More

Yesterday, my governor, Senator Ben Ayade cried AGAIN while launching the anti-taxation agency in Calabar. The agency is meant to ensure low income earners do not pay taxes in Cross River state. His tears actually touched a soft chord in the minds of many people across the country and several of them have circulated the video back to me. One… Read More